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To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (25784)	11/3/1998 1:26:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

George, What is is Undeniably true. The problem is that what is ain't what it used to be. And when what is is, or might be, cancer, it's pretty tough not to fret. Your problems with, or about, aging are so immediate. Mine are too. I don't mind the hair falling out - at least it doesn't turn grey - but it's hard to contemplate the notion that my son will soon be able to run farther and faster than I can. That's when I'll know I'm old. But he'll have to practice a bit. the only immediate-ness I can find in our lives is that of a staccato pinprick of all-ness. For me the immediate is about all there is, or at least all that I'm willing to contemplate. Shallow, I suppose, but I can live with it. :o) Steve

To: George S. Montgomery who wrote (25784)	11/5/1998 9:56:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

George, do you think perhaps that one of the differences between us is that we are at different life stages? I at least hope that by the time I am sixty-eight, I will have morphed into a woman who has accepted illness and death and is running around experiencing everything I can while I can. You know, one of those wonderfully alive eccentric women who wear funny hats and travel a lot and have nice, warm happy crinkles instead of ugly mean wrinkles. Even though right now I am very conscious of enjoying each day, and the wonderful joy NOT of peak experiences but of just having a very nice evening with comfort food, a nice video, and someone to snuggle against, I still struggle with the first signs of serious aging. Did you already go through this coming-to-grips-with mortality stage, really, or is it an optional part of life? I thought it was a pretty universal stage of the growth process. If it is optional, what mind frame protects against it? Is not thinking about aging, not grieving for what is ending, healthy and an advanced state of consciousness, or is it just a form of denial? I do think all the things I go through eventually lead to wisdom, in a way, and am not sure I would avoid them, even though some of them made me very sad and/or afraid sometimes.